400+ Creative Hiking Instagram Captions & Quotes

Pat Walls

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Updated: January 19th, 2023

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In this article, we've provided you with 400+ Creative Hiking Instagram caption ideas. Additionally, we walk you through the 5 easy-to-follow tips on how to create a great Instagram caption.

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Cute Creative Hiking Instagram Captions

“Not all who wander are lost.” — J. R. R. Tolkien
“The mountains are calling and I must go.” — John Muir
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” — Robert Frost
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” — Helen Keller
“Fall down seven times and stand up eight.” — Japanese Proverb
“And into the forest, I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.” — John Muir
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” — John Muir
“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” — Frank A. Clark “Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.” — H. Thoreau
“Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory.” — Ed Viesturs
“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.” — John Muir
“When everything feels like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top.” — Unknown
“Each fresh peak ascended teaches something.” — Sir Martin Conway
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” — Aristotle
“Take only memories, leave only footprints.” — Chief Seattle
Hike more, worry less.
Sky above, earth below, peace within.
Too much fresh air is not a thing.
Wonder. Wander. Repeat.
Dear mountains, I think about you all the time.
Hiking is my therapy.
All good things are wild and free.
I know I hike like a girl, try to keep up.
I don’t need therapy I just need to go hiking.
All I need is a mountain breeze & tall trees.
Let’s wander where the WiFi is weak.
You are never too old to play outside.
Life is better in hiking boots. Life should have more mountains and less stress.
Go wild for a while.
Some of the best memories are made in hiking shoes.
One, two, three steps more to the top.
Out here, I feel alive.
Hiking is cheaper than therapy.
The best view comes after the hardest climb.
The view is always worth the climb.
We have nothing to lose and a world to see.
When life gives you mountains, put on your boots and hike.
Mountains are my happy place.
“Hiking is the answer, who cares what the question is.” — Unknown
“Never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost, and you see a path. By all means, you should follow that.” — Ellen DeGeneres
“Hiking is just walking where it’s okay to pee.” — Demetri Martin
“Bring a compass. It’s awkward when you have to eat your friends.” — Unknown
“The closer you are to nature the further you are from idiots.” — Unknown
“What on earth would I do if four bears came into my camp? Why, I would die of course. Literally shit myself lifeless.” — Bill Bryson
“Feeling LOW? Go on mountains.” — Prajakta Mhadnak “I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.” — G.M. Trevelyan
“I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.” — Wislawa Szymborska
“I might look like I am listening to you, but in my mind, I am hiking.” — Unknown
“Always hike with someone in worse shape than you. The bears out there will know.”
“It’s a hill. Get over it.” — Unknown
“Here is a photo of me and my therapist.” — Unknown
“One thing to remember on the Eiger, never look up, or you may need a plastic surgeon.”
“Hiking and happiness go hand in hand or foot in boot.” — Diane Spicer
“Think outside. No box required.” — Unknown “Some women want diamonds… Others just want a hammock, a campfire, and some peace & quiet.” — Unknown
“May the forest be with you.” — Unknown
“DEET is nature’s cologne.” — Unknown
“Just put one foot in front of the other.” — Austin Peck
“Sleeping bags are the soft tacos of the bear world.” – Bears
“It isn’t the mountain ahead that wears you out; it’s the grain of sand in your shoe.”
“I have a therapist. Her name is Nature.” — Unknown
“Climbing at altitude is like hitting your head against a brick wall — it’s great when you stop.” “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” — Confucius
“You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.”
“For hiking is one of those things that you can only do when you have the determination in you.” — Unknown
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” — Winston Churchill
“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.” — T.S. Eliot
“If you are on the right path, it will always be uphill.” — Henry B. Eyring “The only way is forward.” — Unknown
“No matter how rough it gets, just keep on moving.” — Unknown
“When you’re tired, focus on the sights.” — Unknown
“When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.” — Wilma Rudolph
“Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.” — Unknown
“The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.” — Unknown
“The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot.” — Werner Herzog
“The best way out is always through.” — Robert Frost
“Trekkers at high altitudes sometimes sense a person walking a few paces behind them, just out of sight. Often this person is dead. I never feel this, but once or twice I imagine someone walking a little ahead of me.” — Colin Thubron
“If the winter is too cold and the summer is too hot, you are not a hiker.” — Unknown
“Trekking means a traveling experience with a thrilling excitement.” — Amit Kalantri “There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.” — Sir Ranulph Fiennes
“You need mountains. Long staircases don’t make good hikers.” — Amit Kalantri
“The long-distance hiker, a breed set apart, from the likes of the usual pack. He’ll shoulder his gear, be hittin’ the trail; long gone, long ‘fore he’ll be back.” — M.J. Eberhart
“Traveling the road will tell you more about the road than Google will tell you about the road.” “The man who goes afoot, prepared to camp anywhere and in any weather, is the most independent fellow on earth.” — Horace Kephart
“Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking. You have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits.” — Cindy Ross
“Travelers, there is no path, paths are made by walking.” — Antonio Machado
“Distance changes utterly when you take the world on foot. A mile becomes a long way, two miles literally considerable, ten miles whopping, fifty miles at the very limits of conception. The world, you realize, is enormous in a way that only you and a small community of fellow hikers know. Planetary scale is your little secret.” — Bill Bryson
“A good friend listens to your adventures. A best friend makes them with you.” — Unknown
“It’s not where you go, but who you go with.” — Unknown
“You keep me safe, I’ll keep you wild.” — Unknown
“Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” — Izaak Walton
“Happiness is hiking with friends.” —Unknown
“There is a whole world out there. Pack your backpack, your best friend, and go.” —Unknown “Sometimes, all you need is a great friend and thirst for adventure.” — Unknown
“A journey well shared is a journey well enjoyed.” — Unknown
“Friends that travel together, stay together.” — Unknown
“Sharing adventures means enjoying them 100% more.” — Unknown
“A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.” — Tim Cahill
“Life was meant for good friends & great adventures.” — Unknown
“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in an office or mowing the lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” — Jack Kerouac
“There are two kinds of climbers: those who climb because their heart sings when they’re in the mountains, and all the rest.” — Alex Lowe
“If you think you’ve peaked, find a new mountain.” — Unknown
“The mountains whisper for me to wander; my soul hikes to the call.” — Angie Weiland Crosby
“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you are climbing it.” — Andy Rooney “Mountains are not fair or unfair, they are just dangerous.” — Reinhold Messner
“You can’t climb up a mountain with downhill thoughts.” — Unknown
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.” — John Muir
“The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain he is inspired by it.”
“You are not in the mountains. The mountains are in you.” — John Muir “The hardest mountain to climb is the one within.” — J. Lynn
“Every mountain has its soul… if the mountain does not accept you and you don’t submit to her will, she will destroy you.” — Bernadette McDonald
“When preparing to climb a mountain — pack a light heart.” — Dan May
“Climb mountains not so the world can see you, but so you can see the world.” — Unknown
“Mountains make me believe that nothing can be bigger than nature, not even human ego.”
“May your dreams be larger than mountains and may you have the courage to scale their summits.” — Harley King
“You never climb the same mountain twice, not even in memory. Memory rebuilds the mountain, changes the weather, retells the jokes, remakes all the moves.” — Lito Flores
“No mountain remains a mystery when you take steps to conquer it.” — Unknown
“Chasing angels or fleeing demons, go to the mountains.” — Jeffrey Rasley
“I’ve realized that at the top of the mountain, there’s another mountain.” — Andrew Garfield
“There may be more to learn from climbing the same mountain a hundred times than by climbing a hundred different mountains.” — Richard R. Nelson
“The earth has music for those who listen.” — William Shakespeare
“For the sake of your soul, venture out.” — Unknown
“Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.” — John Muir
“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.” — Rachel Carson
“May your search through nature lead you to yourself.” — Shikoba
“Deep in the forest I stroll to hear the wisdom of my soul.” — Angie Weiland Crosby “Everything worthwhile is uphill. Everything.” — John Maxwell
“The stars were better company anyway.” — David Eddings

Short Creative Hiking Instagram Captions

Hiking with my birches
“Getting to the top of the mountain was such a re-leaf.”
The hill looked hard at first, but I got over it.
Actions peak louder than words
Hiking is a hill of a lot of fun!
“These boots were made for hiking.”
At times hike this, you just have to get outside
Don’t get your slopes up
You’ve got to hike a balance
I’ve found the mountain of youth — it’s hiking
I’m all a-boot that hiking life
I love hiking — I don’t take it for granite
What you were saying about hiking really peaked my interest!
Hiking puns are hill-arious!
I went for a hike, now I’m feel oak-ay
Gotta keep hiking, come hill or high water
Bear with me.
Over the hill.
Left a trail behind me.
Never stop wandering.
Main-stream
Wonder, wander, just go.
Feeling woodsy.
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” —Aristotle
Keep going.
Wander where the Wi-Fi is weak.
“The earth has music for those who listen.” —George Santayana
“The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Move the body, still the mind.
It’s a hill. Get over it
Wood you believe that I’m actually on a hike right now?
I wood never leaf a hiker behind
May the forest be with you
On a tree-mendous hike
Think outside. No box required.
Don’t leaf me hanging
If you think you’ve peaked, find a new mountain
You don’t like the outdoors? Unbe-leaf-able
Are you oakay? Yes, I’m pine. Why woodn’t I be?
I’m so excited about hiking that I almost wet my plants
Maybe she’s born with it. Maybe it’s maple leaves
Last bud not least, it’s time to take a hike
Getting to the top of the hill was such a re-leaf
The view up here is breathtaking, and I know it’s all downhill from here
Let’s put the petal to the metal
The hill looked hard at first, but I got over it
You grow, girl
All I need is a mountain breeze & tall trees
Ladies and gentlemen, Mother Earth
Who knew getting lost could be so fun?
Dear mountains, I think about you all the time
Let’s wander where the WiFi is weak
Life is better in hiking boots
I’m not lost. I’m exploring
Hiking and happiness go hand in hand
Heading for the hills
Hittin’ the trail and ready for an adventure
Hiking is the answer. Who cares what the question is?
Joining the hiking club
Wild is my favorite color
I just want to explore everything
Too much fresh air is not a thing
Hi, I’ll be late to class. I’m on top of a mountain
All good things are wild and free
We have nothing to lose and a world to see
There is always an adventure waiting in the woods
I’d rather be hiking in the rain than sitting inside at a desk on a sunny day
Life’s a climb but the view is great
Fresh air and muddy boots make everything better
Not all who wander are lost
Thinking about the pumpkin latte I’ll get after this
Always take the scenic route
Someone told me to ‘take a hike,’ so I did
These boots were made for hikin’
To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles
The best view comes after the hardest climb
Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
A walk in nature walks the soul back home
You need special shoes for hiking, and a special soul as well
An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day
When everything feels like an uphill battle, just think of the view from the top. There is no WiFi in the forest, but you’ll make a better connection
Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better
You can visit the same trail twice, but you’ll never take the same hike twice
No matter how rough it gets, just keep on moving
If you think you’ve peaked, find a new mountain
No mountain remains a mystery when you take steps to conquer it
Do more things that make you forget to check your phone
The trail leads not merely north and south, but up to the body, mind, and soul of man
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Hiking hair, don’t care
I like to hike, do you?
Take memories, leave footprints
Go take a hike
Wake up. Hike. Sleep. Repeat.
Hiking is in my soul
Pack lighter, go further
Hike more, worry less. Go wild for a while
Adventure awaits
Mountains are my medicine
Wander often, wonder always
The mountains are calling
Let’s be adventurers
My heart was made to hike
The world is ours to explore

Cool Creative Hiking Instagram Captions

“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you are climbing it.” – Andy Rooney
“Although I deeply love oceans, deserts, and other wild landscapes, it is only mountains that beckon me with that sort of painful magnetic pull to walk deeper and deeper into their beauty.” – Victoria Erickson
“You are not in the mountains. The mountains are in you.” – John Muir
“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.” – Rachel Carson
“May your search through nature lead you to yourself.” – Shikoba
“Everything worthwhile is uphill. Everything.” – John Maxwell
“It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” – Sir Edmund Hillary
“Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.” – Steven Wright
“Leave the road, take the trails.” – Pythagore
“I love walking in the woods, along the trails, by the beaches. I love being part of nature. I love walking alone. It is therapy. One needs to be alone, to recharge one’s batteries.” – Grace Kelly
“Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” – Erol Ozan
“I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than trees.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein
“I found far more answers in the woods than I ever did in the city.” – Mary Davis
“I am happy out here. Messy hair, muddy boots, and wild water on my skin. Out here, this is where I belong!” – Brooke Hampton
“The mountains are calling and I must go.” – John Muir
“The best view comes after the hardest climb.” – Unknown
“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.” – John Muir
“Hike more, worry less” – Unknown
“Climb mountains, not so the world can see you, but so you can see the world” – David McCullough Jr
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” – Sir Edmund Hillary
“And into the forest, I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.” – John Muir
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost
“DEET is nature’s cologne.” – Every Hiker
“Anywhere is ‘within walking distance’.” – Unknown
“I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.” – G.M. Trevelyan
“Sleeping bags are the soft tacos of the bear world.” – Bears
“If you think you’ve peaked, find a new mountain.” – Unknown
“I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.” – Wislawa Szymborska
“Happiness and hiking go hand in hand or foot in boot.” – Diane Spicer
“Backpacking: An extended form of hiking in which people carry double the amount of gear they need for half the distance they planned to go in twice the time it should take.” – Unknown
“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” – Frank A. Clark
“If you’re on the right path it will always be uphill” – Henry B. Eyring
“Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.” – Anatoli Boukreev
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
“Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking; You have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits.” – Cindy Ross
“For hiking is one of those things that you can only do when you have the determination in you.” – Unknown
“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread.” – Edward Abbey
“We live in a fast-paced society. Walking slows us down.” – Robert Sweetgall
On a hike, the days pass with the wind, the sun, the stars; movement is powered by a belly full of food and water, not a noxious tankful of fossil fuels. On a hike, you’re less a job title and more a human being. A periodic hike not only stretches the limbs but also reminds us: Wow, there’s a big old world out there.
“Hiking is a bit like life: The journey only requires you to put one foot in front of the other…again and again and again. And if you allow yourself the opportunity to be present throughout the entirety of the trek, you will witness beauty every step of the way, not just at the summit” – Unknown
“The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost
“May your dreams be larger than mountains and may you have the courage to scale their summits” – Harley King
“It’s impossible to walk in the woods and be in a bad mood at the same time.”- Unknown
“You can’t climb up a mountain, with downhill thoughts.” – Unknown
“Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.” – Greg Child
“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you are climbing it.” – Andy Rooney
“You never climb the same mountain twice, not even in memory. Memory rebuilds the mountain, changes the weather, retells the jokes, remakes all the moves.” – Lito Tejada-Flores
“The long-distance hiker, a breed set apart, from the likes of the usual pack. He’ll shoulder his gear, be hittin’ the trail; long gone, long ‘fore he’ll be back.” – M.J. Eberhart
“You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.” – Dr. Seuss
“Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial meadows, in craggy garden nooks full of nature’s darlings.”- Unknown
“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Walking: the most ancient exercise and still the best modern exercise.” – Carrie Latet
“After a day’s walk, everything has twice its usual value.” – G.M. Trevelyan
“Each fresh peak ascended teaches something.” – Sir Martin Conway
“I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than trees.” – Unknown
“The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain he is inspired by it.” – William Arthur Ward
“Hiking’s not for everyone. Notice the wilderness is mostly empty.” – Sonja Yoerg
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.” – Edward Abbey
“Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken.” – Frank Herbert
“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in an office or mowing the lawn. Climb that mountain.” – Jack Kerouac
“Now I see the secret of making the best person, it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.” – Walt Whitman
“We don’t stop hiking because we grow old – We grow old because we stop hiking.”– Finis Mitchel
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.” – John Muir
“Mountains have a way of dealing with overconfidence.” – Hermann Buhl
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” – Henry David Thoreau
“It’s not all about the views from the top of the mountain, there are so many beautiful things you pass on your journey to the top. Appreciate the beauty along your path! – Unknown
“Carry as little as possible, but choose that little with care.” – Earl Shaffer
“When everything feels like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top.” – Unknown
“There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.”– Sir Ranulph Fiennes
“Fall down seven times and stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
“Remember to turn everything off once a week including your brain and walk somewhere quiet” – Unknown
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
“If the winter is too cold and the summer is too hot, you are not a hiker.” – Unknown
“The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“You need mountains, long staircases don’t make good hikers.”– Amit Kalantri
“To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles.” – Mary Davis
“Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein
“I found far more answers in the woods than I ever did in the city.” – Mary Davis
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” – Aristotle
“In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir
“A walk in nature walks the soul back home.” – Mary Davis “I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” – Unknown
“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” – Gary Snyder
“Keep close to nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” – Unknown
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.” – Unknown
“Walking is a man’s best medicine.” – Hippocrates
“Let’s wander where the WiFi is weak” – Unknown
“Leave the roads, take the trails” – Unknown
“Wonder. Wander. Repeat.” – Unknown
“It feels good to be lost in the right direction” – Unknown
“I know I hike like a girl, try to keep up.” – Unknown
“Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory.” – Ed Viesturs
“Between every two pines there is a doorway to a new world.” – Henry David Thoreau
“You need special shoes for hiking—and a bit of a special soul as well.” – Terri Guillemets
“I have a restless spirit. The need to roam and explore this earth is in my soul.” – Unknown
“All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

Funny Creative Hiking Instagram Captions

“It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” — Sir Edmund Hillary
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” — Henry David Thoreau “Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.” — John Muir
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We don’t stop hiking because we grow old — we grow old because we stop hiking.”
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” — Beverly Sills
“Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.” — Steven Wright
“Today, she is standing at the top of a mountain and appreciating the majestic panoramic view of mesmerizing Himalaya. As a kid, she used to look up in the sky and wish for wings to fly up to the mountains. And now after a long wait of many years, she is standing here and living her dream.” — Ashish Bhardwaj “I walked slowly to enjoy this freedom, and when I came out of the mountains, I saw the sky over the prairie, and I thought that if heaven was real, I hoped it was a place I never had to go, for this earth was greater than any paradise.” — Daniel J. Rice
“Keep close to Nature’s heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” — John Muir
“Do more things that make you forget to check your phone.” — Unknown
“It’s not a competition to reach the top, it’s a promise you make with yourself.” — Unknown
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.” — Edward Abbey
“Leave the road, take the trails.” — Pythagore
“Somewhere between the start of the trail and the end is the mystery of why we choose to walk.”
“The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.” — Louis L’Amour
“Every now and then it’s good to stop climbing and appreciate the view from right where you are.” — Lori Deschene
“I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.” — Rosalia de Castro
“Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” — Erol Ozan
“Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast — you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.” — Eddie Cantor
“Hiking is a bit like life: The journey only requires you to put one foot in front of the other…again and again and again. And if you allow yourself the opportunity to be present throughout the entirety of the trek, you will witness beauty every step of the way, not just at the summit.” “Instead of Netflix and chill, we watch sunsets on a hill.” — Unknown
“Camping is not a date; it’s an endurance test. If you can survive camping with someone, you should marry them on the way home.” — Yvonne Prinz
“Like the weightlessness of standing at the peak, a soulmate makes you feel free.” — Unknown
“Bring me coffee, take me hiking, and tell me I’m sexy.” — Unknown
“Think of every date as one step up — they’re leading you to a beautiful peak.” — Unknown
“Ain’t no mountain high enough, ain’t no valley low enough, ain’t no river wide enough, to keep me from getting to you babe.” — Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
“Your partner is both home and adventure all at once.” — Unknown
“I’ve fallen in love with adventures, so I begin to wonder if that’s why I’ve fallen for you.”
Together is my favorite place to be.
“The right someone will hack through the bushes and challenge the woods, but most importantly, they’ll enjoy every step with you.” — Unknown
“Why should a relationship mean settling down? Wait for someone who won’t let life escape you, who’ll challenge you and drive you towards your dreams. Someone spontaneous who you can get lost in the world with.” — Beau Taplin
“Climbing is as close as we can come to flying.” — Margaret Young
“Here’s to all the places we went. And here’s to all the places we’ll go. And here’s to me, whispering again and again and again and again: I love you.” — John Green
“I know there’s nature all around, but I can’t keep my eyes off of you.” — Unknown
On a tree-mendous hike with you.
“Who stands beside you on the journey is more important than where the trail leads to.”
“Actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures.” — Lewis Carroll
“Take your potential someone into the forest. If they smile through the sweat and whistle with the wind, your adventures will never end.” — Unknown
Don’t ever leaf me.
“It doesn’t matter where you are going, it’s who you have beside you.” — Unknown
“What we find in a soulmate is not something wild to tame, but something wild to run with.”
“The perfect pair of hiking boots bring you safely through thrumming rivers and broken rocks; the perfect partner is walking right beside you.” — Unknown
“I slow down when hiking. The rhythm of nature is more leisurely. The sun comes up, it moves across the sky, and you begin to synchronize to that rhythm.” — John Mackey
“A walk in nature walks the soul back home.” — Mary Davis
“Life’s better when you add fresh air, a warm campfire, brights stars, and s’mores” — Unknown
“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” — Unknown
“The wild woman has a deep love of nature; a love for the ancient mother. Though possibly misunderstood, it has always been in her. When she goes into the wilderness, a part of her soul is going home.” — Shikoba
“Nature is the greatest place to heal and recharge.” — Unknown
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” — Unknown
“Sometimes, nature is all you need.” — Shikoba
“To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles.” — Mary Davis
“I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than trees.” — Henry David Thoreau
“Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better.” — Albert Einstein
“I found far more answers in the woods than I ever did in the city.” — Mary Davis “Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread.” — Edward Abbey
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The woods are lovely, dark, and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.” — Robert Frost
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” — Frank Lloyd Wright
“The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness.” — John Muir
“Now I see the secret of making the best person, it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.” — Walt Whitman
“I had diverged, digressed, wandered, and become wild.” —Cheryl Strayed, Wild
“Carry as little as possible, but choose that little with care.” —Earl Shafferckies
Never take hiking for granite.
VIEWS.
“Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better.” —Albert Einstein
Mountain-ing my distance.
Two’s a company, trees a crowd.
Go where you feel most alive.
I love camping—it’s in-tents.
“The mountains are calling and I must go.” —John Muir
Adventure awaits.
“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.” —John Muir
Leaf all your worries behind.
“Young and wild and free.” —”Young, Wild and Free” by Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa, feat. Bruno Mars
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” —Lao Tzu
Don’t peak.
Feeling peaky.
The mountain of youth? It’s hiking.
“Adventure is out there.” —Up
“Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.” —Henry David Thoreau
To travel, to experience and learn: that is to live.” —Tenzing Norga
Hike more, worry less.
Slow down! Don’t you Everest?
Sky above, Earth below, peace within.
“Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking; you have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits.” —Cindy Ross
Actions peak louder than words.
Eyes on the rise.
Do what feels good for your soul.
“It’s the climb.” —”The Climb” by Miley Cyrus
“I was amazed that what I needed to survive could be carried on my back. And, most surprising of all, that I could carry it.” —Cheryl Strayed, Wild
Life is better in hiking boots.
Wild is my favorite way to be.
Heels < Hiking boots
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” —Henry David Thoreau
I’ve been around the rock a few times.
Feeling pine.
Roam.
If you think you’ve peaked, find a new mountain.
Climb mountains, not so the world can see you, but so you can see the world!
At times hike these, you just gotta get out.
Hiking with my birches.
“Walking: the most ancient exercise and still the best modern exercise.” —Carrie Latet
Mountain conquerer.
Out of the woods.
Amongst the trees.
The trees are the bee’s knees.
Hike a balance.
The biggest wall you’ve got to climb is the one you’ve built in your mind.
“And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.” —John Muir
I be-leaf in me.
Never stop exploring.
Women move mountains.
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.” —John Muir
Nature is cheaper than therapy.
All good things are wild and free.
Nothing to lose and a whole world to see.
A whole new world.
Moving mountains.
“I’d finally come to understand what it had been: a yearning for a way out, when actually what I had wanted to find was a way in.” —Cheryl Strayed, Wild
There’s no such thing as too much fresh air.
“Mountains have a way of dealing with overconfidence.” –Hermann Buhl
Nobody ever complained about getting too much fresh air.
“It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” —Sir Edmund Hillary

Learn more about starting a hiking blog:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a hiking blog?
-> Pros and cons of a hiking blog

Need inspiration?

-> Other hiking blog success stories
-> Marketing ideas for a hiking blog

Other resources

-> Blog post ideas for a hiking blog

5 Tips For Creating A Great Instagram Caption

1. Write several drafts first

Make at least three different Instagram caption drafts.

This will allow you to edit, proofread, and compare your captions side by side to see which one has the most effect.

Your first draft will almost never be selected as the best option, which is why you should set aside enough time to write several.

2. Front-load the most important information

The 2,200-characters limit for Instagram captions is mostly a formality. However, it's worth noting that ig captions are cut off in users’ feeds to around 140 characters.

This doesn't mean you must make your insta captions extremely short so people can see everything without clicking "more."

Instead, frontload your captions with the most important sentence or calls-to-action, and save any @mentions, hashtags, or other unimportant information for the end.

3. Include a strong call to action

The most effective way to maximize the possibility for your Instagram post to get shared and improve engagement is to include a call to action in the captions.

Instead of passively scrolling through, you should use action verbs to encourage people to take action.

Here are some exåmples:

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4. Limit yourself to 3-4 hashtags

A hashtag on Instagram works the same way it does on Twitter and Facebook: it unites the conversations of many users into a single stream.

Anyone who searches for that hashtag on Instagram may see your Insta post if your account is public.

However, you should use hashtags sparingly. As a means to get more followers, some Instagram users add a string of searchable hashtags.

Too many hashtags can come off spammy to your existing followers. Limit yourself to three or four hashtags at most.

5. Use emojis and have fun with them.

Add some emojis to spice up your insta captions and make them more appealing.

Emojis added at the end of sentences or paragraphs may act as "bookends," visually breaking up long strings of text.

You can also use emojis to encourage readers to take action, such as clicking the link in the bio.

If you're going to use emojis, make sure they match your tone of voice and identity. You don't want to use too many emojis at once, particularly in the same caption.

Final Thoughts

Good Instagram captions take your content to new heights.

Remember not to rush your copywriting and to evaluate the success of your efforts so that you can use objective benchmarks to figure out what works.

Your content will go far if you combine a beautiful photo with a great Instagram caption.

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